CompuServe Thread

Multi-user on the Amy

4 messages in this thread
#28429From: Dan LeeJan 2, 1989 1:48 PM
Kurt, About your proposed SW/HW system for your clients. You said "I would let them manually transfer what info they would like to have into BEST." My suggestion is to talk to your clients first. Most people are extremely unhappy having to rekey data into computer system. "You mean i have to do this again!" It is always a good idea to walk thru the proposed system with the users before real money is committed. I donn't have BEST so donn't now about its data import/export ability. As fallback, pretty slick accounting systems are done with Superbase Pro. I have seen a couple at Seattle SLUG user group meetings. By the way, LAN are pretty expensive solutions in search of problems. Except for MACs, you can budget on ~$1000/station for a solid software/hardware network. If you can justify using LAN, Superbase said they will have a LAN version out around Feb.( don't know whether they mean the Amiga version). You can contact them . ( By the way, join lobbying them against their newest folly for copy protection, dongles for the run-time versions, this after dropping it for registered users).
#28585From: Kurt LorentzenJan 3, 1989 11:04 AM
Dan, From your mention of Seattle I'm going to assume that you must be in my neck of the woods.I live in Port Angeles, I have heard of a SB club in the Puget Sound area.The only data the would have to re-key would be on no more than 5-15 per day.It would be only an inventory number and the price they would like to sell it for.I have heard that the newer SBpro supports the serial port so I would just as soon use SB for the hole thing.I don't have it yet but I have heard it is very nice. Kurt L.
#28721From: Betty Clay/SYSOPJan 3, 1989 11:52 PM
Kurt, Duke Lane of Precision has been answering questions over in Vendor for a week or so now. You might leave your SuperBASE questions there in case he signs on. Don't think he's quite decided where to 'settle in' here. Betty
#29005From: Kurt LorentzenJan 5, 1989 3:47 PM
Thanks for the info Betty. Kurt L.